Disarming Ordnance Multinationally Australia, Singapore amd U.S. in TRI-CRAB 2000

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialists from Australia, Singapore, and the U.S. undertake exercise TRI-CRAB 2000. Participants perform free falls from a U.S. Air Force C-130 over Guam as part of their combined exercise training. Photo by PH3 Marjorie McNamee. US A Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team One member, Able Seaman Clearance Diver Matt Tindall, sets up a detonator for an improvised explosive device during exercise TRI-CRAB 2000. Photo by PH3 Marjorie McNamee, USN A U.S. Air Force EOD technician parachutes to his mission employing the HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) method. Photo by PH3 Marjorie McNamee, USN Republic of Singapore Navy divers participate in small unit tactics during TRI-CRAB 2000. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. Brooks, USN U.S. Navy A03 (EOD) James Phalin fires an M4 Carbine during small arms training and crosstraining in TRI-CRAB 2000. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. brooks, USN Australian divers and their equipment arrive on the MV 1st LT J. Lummus after fast roping aboard to find and disarm an improvised explosive device. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. Brooks, USN Singaporean and U.S. EOD specialists head for a beach clearence drill after jumping into the water from a helicopter. U.S Navy HT2 (EOD) Dominic Juarez and GM1 (EOD) Andrew Black render a planted pipe bomb safe during an improvised explosive device drill in exercise TRI-CRAB. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. Brooks, USN

EOD specialists are skilled in various insertion techniques to get where they are needed, fast. TRI-CRAB participants conduct a special patrol insertion and extraction exercise, suspended from a U.S. Navy helicopter. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. Brooks, USN Australian Clearance Diving Team members fast rope onto the deck of the MV 1st LT J. Lummus for an improvised explosive device drill. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. Brooks, USN TRI-CRAB participants fast rope to a land target during helicopter rope suspension training. Photo by PH3 Crystal M. Brooks Royal Australian Navy divers use the scope on their Minimi machine gun to find an improvised explosive device to be disarmed at a pump station. Photo by PH3 Marjorie McNamee, USN U.S. Navy GM1 (EOD) Andrew Black prepares to disarm an MK-82 general purpose bomb during TRI-CRAB. Photo by PH3 Marjorie McNamee, USN Sharing techniques and knowledge provided the basis for much of the learning which benefited both countries’ forces. Australian Able Seaman Clearance Diver Oliver Fink secures 10 pounds of high explosives to destroy a simulated floating mine during TRI-CRAB 2000. Photo by PH1 (SCW/SW) Braxton Plunkett, USN

10th Asia-Pacific Miltary Medicine Conference in Singapore

More than 400 delegates from 28 countries attended the 10th Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Conference (APMMC). The 7-12 May 2000 gathering was held in Singapore for the first time. The conference flag is passed to the 2001 co-host, the New Zealand Defence Force. L to R: Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Lionel Lee, Chief, Medical Corps, Singapore Armed Forces (co-host); Maj. Gen. Nancy R. Adams, Command Surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific, and Commander of Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii (co-host); Brig. D. V. Le Page, Director General of Defence Medical Services, HQ, New Zealand Defence Force; and a New Zealand Defence Force member receiving the flag

The APMMC conference flag is presented at the tenth gathering, co-hosted by Singapore and the U.S.

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